Materials Data on Y(FeO2)2 by Materials Project
YFe2O4 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Y3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Y–O bond distances ranging from 2.39–2.44 Å. There are two inequivalent Fe+2.50+ sites. In the first Fe+2.50+ site, Fe+2.50+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There is two shorter (1.95 Å) and two longer (2.02 Å) Fe–O bond length. In the second Fe+2.50+ site, Fe+2.50+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There is two shorter (1.95 Å) and two longer (2.03 Å) Fe–O bond length. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Y3+ and two Fe+2.50+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OY2Fe2 tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Y3+ and two Fe+2.50+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OY2Fe2 tetrahedra.